User talk:Triplebrook

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Triplebrook!

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Triplebrook!

Tip: Add categories to your files

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

CategorizationBot (talk) 13:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

• Image:SAM 0094.jpg was uncategorized on 4 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Brooks 2011.jpg was uncategorized on 4 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Center staircase.jpg was uncategorized on 4 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Brooks college prep after 2011 blizzard.jpg was uncategorized on 4 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Re-upload of File:Brooks 2011.jpg

After the 2011 blizzard

I noticed that you uploaded a new copy of File:Brooks 2011.jpg with the comment "attemptedtoadjust the resolution.not sure if it worked". I don't see any change in the height or width of the photo. It might be that when you uploaded it, it gave a warning, which would require you to hit the Save button a second time to acknowledge that you are replacing an existing image. If it didn't, try uploading the bigger version with "ignore warnings" checkmarked (if that option is available to you on the upload page). Are you attempting to upload a higher resolution? If you are attempting a lower resolution: be aware that you don't need to upload low-resolution copies. Wikipedia and Commons handle resizing automatically. You can use the word "thumb" as a parameter when you insert a file in an article, and it will be resized automatically. For example, if you use a line like the following:

[[File:Brooks 2011.jpg|thumb|After the 2011 blizzard]]

You will then get a "thumbnail" size image like the one you see to the right of this comment. It's usually best to upload the best original you have of a photo, then let it be adjusted to whatever size is appropriate for each place it is inserted. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. --Closeapple (talk) 08:24, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

In addition, I came across the file File:Brooks college prep after 2011 blizzard.jpg, which now actually appears to be an indoor sign. That can be renamed to something else if you'd like. --Closeapple (talk) 08:28, 13 December 2011 (UTC)